How To Resolve “BOOTMGR is Missing" in Windows 7

When your computer gives the message called, “BOOTMGR is missing", remember that you are not the only one. In such tricky situations, you cannot use your computer till everything is fixed. Thankfully, the problem has nothing to do with your wardrobe and you can fix the problem easily for Windows 7. Take a look at the best two ways of resolving this issue.

1. Using a Windows DVD to solve the problem
This is one of the quickest ways to get the problem resolved. Check and follow the small steps given below.

• Place the Windows DVD on the CD/DVD drive and restart the computer. You will need to set the language, keyboard and time.
• Then you can click on the option called, "Repair your computer". The next task on Windows as it will try to find the installation directory for the installed version of Windows 1. For those with more than one version, they will require to set the one they wish to repair.
• Next you need to click on "Startup Repair". This will tell you that "Startup Repair" is checking the Windows for problems.
• Once this is done, you can take the DVD out of the drive. You will be required to reboot the system, which should erase the issue.

2. Fixing “BOOTMGR is missing" without a Windows DVD

When you don’t have the Windows DVD, you can still solve the problem with

2. Second way to solve problem of “BOOTMGR is missing"

If the first process doesn’t work, you can another method where you need to rebuild the BCD store with the help of Bootrec.exe tool. The Bootrec.exe tool can be found in the Windows Recovery Environment. Follow the steps given below for the complete process.

• Put the Vista installation DVD in the CD/DVD drive of your computer and restart the computer.
• At one point, you will be asked to press a key for getting started. Here, you would need to select a language along with time, currency, and keyboard choices. Click ‘Next’ when you are done.
• Click on the option “Repair your computer”. If you have more than one operating system, select the one that wish to repair and click ‘Next’.
• You will find the dialogue box of System Recovery Options, where you need to click on Command Prompt.
• Type “bootrec /rebuildbcd’’ and press ‘Enter’. In case, Bootrec runs successfully, you will find the installation path for the Windows directory. You need to type ‘Yes’ for adding entry to the BCD store. You will get a confirmation that the entry has been added.
• In case, when Bootrec cannot find missing Windows installations, you will need to remove the BCD store and recreate the same. The commands for the same are given below.

1. bcdedit /export C:\BCD_Backup, press ENTER
2. ren c:\boot\bcd bcd.old, press ENTER
3. bootrec /rebuildbcd, press ENTER

After you are done with the three commands, you need to restart the computer, and this should resolve the issue of “BOOTMGR is missing" in Windows 7.